(Q64787054)
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1923
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Eisgang (German)
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Ice on the River (English)
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It was acquired in 1994 by the Städelscher Museums-Verein. It has since transpired that the original owner of the work was Fritz Neuberger, a Jewish textile manufacturer from Frankfurt, who had bought the painting directly from Max Beckmann. Neuberger and his wife Hedwig were persecuted by the National Socialists, deported, and murdered in eastern Poland. Many of the details of what happened to the picture can no longer be traced. Everything suggests, however, that the Neubergers were dispossessed of Eisgang as a result of political persecution. After many years of research by the Städel Museum and intensive discussions between the board of the Städelscher Museums-Verein and the heirs of the Neubergers, the two parties have now reached an amicable “goodwill agreement”, representing a fair and just resolution of the case in accordance with the Washington Principles on Nazi-confiscated art and making it possible for the painting to remain permanently in Frankfurt. A plaque next to the painting will commemorate the tragic fate of the original owners, Fritz Neuberger and his wife. (English)
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2017
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The painting was once in the collection of the Jewish textile manufacturer Fritz Neuberger (1877–1943), who purchased it from Beckmann in the 1920s. Neuberger and his wife Hedwig (1895–1943), both Jews, were persecuted, deported and, in 1943, murdered by the Nazis in the Majdanek extermination camp. Their only son managed to flee in May 1939; via the Netherlands and the United Kingdom he eventually made his way to the USA. With funds from the Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States, the Marga und Kurt Möllgaard-Stiftung and many private donors, the Städelscher Museums-Verein purchased the painting from a private collection in 1994, unaware of the fate of its original Jewish owners. In 2017, within the context of systematic provenance research efforts, the museum association came to a goodwill agreement with the heirs of the Neuberger family, making it possible for the work to remain in Frankfurt. Financial support for the endeavour came from the Federal Republic of Germany's Commissioner for Culture and the Media. (English)
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1994
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2169
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59.5 centimetre
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47.5 centimetre
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61F(EISERNER STEG (Frankfurt am Main))
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61D(MAIN)
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25H213
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26D41
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24B
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61F(UNTERMAINBRÜCKE (Frankfurt am Main)
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25H217
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46C112
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61F(RENTENTURM (Frankfurt am Main))
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61E(FRANKFURT AM MAIN)
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61F(SANKT BARTHOLOMÄUS (Frankfurt am Main))
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23R14
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25I12
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41B3
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